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No. 725,446. PATENTED APR. 14, 1903.

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JAMES H. HULINGS, or PARSONS-{WESTVIRGINIA, Ass eNoR- TO ILLIAM 0. MONEELEY, or HENDRICKS, WEST VIRGINIA, AND WILLIAM G. ooNLEY I AND JEFF LIPscoMeoF PARSONS, WEST VIRGINIA.

CAR-FENDER."

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 725,446, dated April 14, 1 903.

Application filed May 28, 1902. Serial No. 109,377 (No model) J I To all whom, it may concern: I I Be it known, that I, JAMES H. HULINGS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Parsons, in the county of Tucker and Stateof 5 West Virginia, have invented new and use- I ful Improvements in (Jar-Fenders, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention has relation to improvements in car-fenders adapted for use on street-cars. x0 and similar lines oftran'sit; and the object is to provide a mechanism or device adapted tobe mounted at the frontjof the car and i'n' the path of the road-bed ready to meet an o struction and on the exigency to be extended I5 automatically to receive an object'struck.

' Another object is to so construct the fender that riding over or drawing underan object? or person will be prevented:

A further object is to so arrange the fender that a person will receivethe preliminary 'e'ncounter in advance ofthe main portion of. the fender-frame and be knockedor thrown back onto the network of the fender. With these objects in view my invention consists in the novel construction of parts and their assemblage in operative combination, as will be hereinafter fully specified and'the novelty of the invention particularly pointed.v out and distinctly claimed; I have fully and clearly illustrated the invention in the accompanying. drawings, forming a part of this specification, andrwherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of the end portion ofa car equipped with my improved Fig. 2 is a viewin side elevation, showing the telescoping frame as drawn back to the position it is normally carried in free from the track. Fig. 3, is a view in side elevation, partly in central longitudinal section I 40 and showing the fender moved forward and extended to itsf'ull extent. Fig.1-4 is a plan view, partly in section, of the fender-frames. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the trip and locking-lever Wh'ichholds the telescoping frame in retracted position.

In the drawings similar reference notations designate like elements and parts appearing in the several illustrations.

Referring to thefdrawings, A designates a 50. car of any suitableconstru'ction adapted to carry a fender. 'To the timbers of the platform or" to any suitable support provided ary' side tubes 1 2 to telescope therein. the rear crosssbar 7 of thefender isnmounted thereunder are firmly 'secu red parallel tubes 1 2,.which extend the required distancelunder thegcar and project beyondthe end thereof.

The rear ends of these side tubes are u nitedf bya strongcross-b ar 3,'having its ends'turned at right angles and fitted in the base of the side tubes, as shownin Fig.4; of the drawings. Theside pipes or tubes are further united and braced by a cross-bare, arranged at a point to make it a support for a tube or sleeve which carries the spri-ngwhich throws the fender-frame forward andalso serves as an; abutment for theinner end of the spring.

.To the sidepipes 1 2 atapointjustin advance of the dashboard of the car is mounted. a bail-shaped frame 5, having the lower ends of its vertical arms rigidly fixed to the side tubes 1 2 and the bodyisecurely fastened to the front of the car and'dashboard by. any suitable fastenings. The side tubes 1 2'are arranged and supported at an incline'suificient to bring the frontend of the fender when extended in position with the carrying roller bearing on the rail or bed of the track. The side tubes areformed with slots 6 'in advance of the cross bar 4, wherein the ends I of the rear cross-bar of the fender slide. Thefender-frame is rectangular in shapeand has its side bars arranged in thestathnthe outer end of a sleeve 8, slotted lengthwise 1 to fit over the c'ross-bar4. In the sleeve 8 is 8 5 placed an expansive spring 9,0neend of which is lodged against the outerend ofthe sleeve,

and the other-end rests against the cross-bar 4 of the stationary frame. It will be perceived that when the fender'is drawn back the spring 9'is compressed and thatwhen the fender is released the force ofthe spring will at once be exerted and push the telescoping section of the fender forward. Adjacent to the front end of the fender is journaled a shaft 10,011 g oneend of whichis mounted a diskor roller 11, which when the fender is extended rides on the rail or road-bed and is rotated, by the contact, and at the same. timethe end of the fender is carried closely to' but free from the surface. On the shaft 10 is apinion l2, whichv meshes with a pinion 13, mounted on a rotatable sleeve 14, loosely arranged on the end cross-bar of the fender, as shown in the drawmgs. ions to prevent contact therewith.

At the base of the frame 5 is pivotally mounted a trip-rod 16, formed with an angular trip piece or portion 17 to engage the end of the sleeve 8 when the fender is drawn back. The trip-rod is formed with a vertical extension 18, provided with a horizontally-disposed arm 19, which when the tripislodged against the end of the sleeve 8 is held in position by a hook 20 on the top bar of the frame 5, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. To one of the vertical side pieces of the frame5 is rigidly secured a bracket 21, wherein is hung a depending arm 22, provided with alaterallyextending stud or pin 23, placedin the path of the vertical extension 18 of the trip-rod 16. To the outer sides of the side tubes, adjacent to their outer ends, are rigidly secured forwardly-extending rods 24 25, formed with suitable housings on their free ends, wherein are journaled on vertical shafts grooved pulleys or sheaves 26, on which is arranged a cord or cable 27, one end of which is secured at a convenient stationary point on the fender and from thence carried over the sheaves across the track and extended to the lower end of the depending arm..22, to which it is secured. This cord or cable is held normally stretched and tight by the action of the vertical extension 18, contacting with the lug 23 on the depending arm 22 and swinging the arm back, and thus stretching or tightening the cable across the track. A back net 24 is secured across the stationary frame to prevent the object from injury in that direction.

The operation of the fender may be stated as follows: The elements or parts being in the position indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, with the movable section of the fender-drawn back and held by the trip-rod and the cable well in front of the end of the fender, these positions show the parts as carried ready for action when an exigency occurs for their use. Now when an object or person encounters the stretched cable extending across the track the force of the contact jerks the depending arm outward, so that it releases the trip from the sleeve, and the force of the spring shoots the movable part'of the fender outward and catches the victim on its net. The roller 14; rotates with its under face moving in the direction of the arrow, so that it will resist and prevent anything from being drawn under the fender.

I desire it to be understood that I do not restrict myself to the precise details of construction shown so long as changes may be embodied in the scope of the invention, particularly in the matter of the spring or springs to throw the movable section of the fender outward, because this may be accom-;

plished by springs differently arranged to act for this purpose.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a car-fender, tubular side supports,

A suitable housing 15 covers the pin-' shaft, a pinion mounted on the shaft, a r0 tary sleeve mounted on the front cross-bar of the fender, and apinion on the sleeve in mesh with the first-named pinion.

2. In a car-fender, tubular side supports, a fender having its side bars telescoping the side supports, a slotted 'rearwardly extending sleeve on the fender, an expanding spring in the sleeve, a trip to hold the fender in retracted position, a shaft journaled across the front end of the fender, a roller on the shaft, a pinion on the shaft, a rotatable sleeve on the front bar of the fender, a pinion thereon in mesh with thepinion on the shaft, and means to automatically release the tripfrom'engagement.

3. In a car-fender, the combination with a fender and means to move the fender forward, of a shaft journaled across the front end of the fender, a supporting-roller on the shaft, a pinion on the shaft adjacent to the roller, a rotatable sleeve on the front crossbar of the fender, and a pinion on the sleeve in mesh with the pinion on the shaft, whereby the sleeve is rotated to prevent an object from getting under the fender.

i. In acar-fender,the combination with the fender adapted to be moved forwardly from a retracted position, of side arms projected beyond the end of the fender, sheaves journaled on the outer ends of said arms, acable mounted on the sheaves across the track and having one end secured to a stationary point, a depending arm having the end of the cable secured thereto, means to hold the arm to stretch the cable, and means to move the fender forward.

5. A car-fender, comprising a stationary frame secured under the car and having tubular side bars, a rectangular fender-frame arranged with its side bars to slide in the tubular supports, a sleeve projecting from the inner end of the fender-frame, a spring arranged in the sleeve, a trip to hold the fender in retracted position against the force of the spring and formed with a vertical extension and horizontal handle, a depending arm hung to the vertical extension of the trip, side bars projected forward from the stationary frame, pulleys journaled in the outer ends of said side bars, a cable having one end anchored to the stationary frameand arranged on the pulleys across the track and its other end secured to the free lower end of the depending arm, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES H. HULINGS Witnesses:

' J. D. VIoroR, A. D. W. STRICKLER. 

